Email Author Dani Katz

2006 Stories by Dani Katz

• Raw Hides

  published December 14, 2006

  Last Saturday night, a sexed-up, belly-baring, Burning Man–esque duo currently looking for a home (read: TV network), held a fund-raiser... More >>

• Halloweekend

  published November 2, 2006

  Wednesday I got a desperate phone call from my friend Michael, who had no idea what to wear for Halloween. He didn’t give me much to work... More >>

• Walk the Plank

  published October 5, 2006

  The Pacific ocean, that mercurial body of water nipping at the left coast, is filthy and freezing and dark and ominous and unforgiving.... More >>

• Best Place to Pine for the Ol’ Dirty Hollywood

  published October 5, 2006

  {mosimage}I downed two organic tangerine margaritas at the Hungry Cat while waiting for the bill. Afterward, I needed a stretch.... More >>

• Getting Crotchety

  published October 5, 2006

  You’ve seen them. Everywhere. Close-ups of terry-clad crotches, jersey-draped puffies and parted pink lips. These are the images... More >>

• Best Chinatown Crap

  published October 5, 2006

  {mosimage}If you’re an artist in Los Angeles, you’re likely to frequent Graphaids, Blick, Ultrecht, Nova Color and a host of other prop... More >>

• Waxing Poetic

  published October 5, 2006

  You know the drill, you’re spread-eagle and in as vulnerable a position as you’re ever likely to be, and the pudgy Russian... More >>

• Black Cats, Soccermoms and Bisquits

  published September 21, 2006

  Frazzled and late, I rolled into the Black Cat Gallery on Saturday night for its much-touted “Black Cat Festival.” Budding starlet... More >>

• How to Not Cheat on Your Boyfriend

  published July 27, 2006

  My friend Nina and I were feeling lusty and our boyfriends were out of town, so we decided to wear red lipstick and see some art.Track... More >>

• Getting Good Radiohead

  published July 6, 2006

  It was Thursday night and Radiohead was playing the Greek. We didn’t have tickets, but my girlfriend and I decided we were going anyway.... More >>

• Apocalypse, Sweet Apocalypse

  published June 15, 2006

  As a believer by nature and an obsessive disasterbater by default, I bought into it hook, line and sinker. I packed a bag and called up my... More >>

• Good Vibrations

  published May 25, 2006

  I’m moving to the Valley.Not really, but the thought did cross my mind during a recent Thursday night when some patchouli-scented... More >>

• Private Prince

  published March 30, 2006

  It was 10 o’clock Friday night and I was at my “herbalist”?’s house, shooting the proverbial shit and blowing smoke... More >>

• Tuesday Lunches with Sarah

  published March 23, 2006

  Tuesday, lunchtime, and M Café on Melrose was jumping. Michael Rapaport, star of True Romance, Beautiful Girls and, less... More >>

• The Last Rodeo

  published February 2, 2006

  After a five-year battle with the state parks department to stay where they are, the last dozen or so Lower Topanga holdouts faced their final... More >>

• You Say Lemur, I Say Tapir

  published January 19, 2006

  After spending three months speculating about the mysterious shipping crates stacking up on the side of Pacific Coast Highway, just north of... More >>